{"id":15417,"date":"2014-02-14T02:26:40","date_gmt":"2014-02-14T10:26:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/?p=15417"},"modified":"2014-02-14T11:23:27","modified_gmt":"2014-02-14T19:23:27","slug":"wild-animal-instincts-valentines-love-at-california-zoos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wild-animal-instincts-valentines-love-at-california-zoos\/","title":{"rendered":"Wild Animal Instincts, Valentines Love at California Zoos"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone\" alt=\"img\" src=\"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/images\/oakz.jpg\" width=\"649\" height=\"339\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Oakland Zoo once again is offering its Valentine&#8217;s &#8221; <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/oakland-zoo-adults-animal-amore-valentines-event\/\">Animal Amore&#8221; tour<\/a><\/strong> on Feb. 15, 2014 at 10:30 a.m. The tour is about animal love and breeding, focusing on animal reproduction&#8211;parents use your judgment on if that topic is suitable for your children.<\/p>\n<h2>Ways to show your\u00a0animal\u00a0love on Valentine&#8217;s Day!<\/h2>\n<p><strong>ATASCADERO<\/strong> &#8211; Choose a friend from the list of Charles Paddock Zoo animals and be a sponsor.<br \/>\n<strong>DUNLAP<\/strong> &#8211; Watch the wild cats at the Spring Twilight Tour at Cat Haven.<br \/>\n<strong>EUREKA<\/strong> &#8211; Watch animals for 20 minutes as an observer at Sequoia Park Zoo and collect valuable data.<br \/>\n<strong>ESCONDIDO<\/strong> &#8211; Munch on a romantic Valentine&#8217;s Dinner in Nairobi Pavilion at San Diego Safari Park.<br \/>\n<strong>FOLSOM<\/strong> &#8211; At City Zoo show your love with gift cards from Trader Joe&#8217;s, Petco or natural peanut butter.<br \/>\n<strong>FRESNO<\/strong> &#8211; Buy a bench, tile or other item at Fresno Chaffee Zoo to remember someone you love.<br \/>\n<strong>LONG BEACH<\/strong> &#8211; Feed the Lorikeets sweet nectar in a cup. They will land on your hand just to get a taste at Aquarium of the Pacific.<br \/>\n<strong>LOS ANGELES<\/strong>\u00a0&#8211; Sex And The City Zoo is over but the lovebirds are still wild at L.A. Zoo!<br \/>\n<strong>MONTEREY<\/strong> &#8211; Share your love of the Monterey Bay Aquarium with a gift card of any amount.<br \/>\n<strong>ORANGE<\/strong> &#8211; Pay respects to much-loved 15-year-old black bear, Nacho, who died last Valentine&#8217;s Day.<br \/>\n<strong>PALO ALTO<\/strong> &#8211; Volunteer at the Palo Alto Junior Museum and Zoo.<br \/>\n<strong>PALM DESERT<\/strong> &#8211; Attend the Living Desert&#8217;s annual gala, Zoobilee, on February 16, 2014. Call (760)346-5694 ext. 2166<br \/>\n<strong>SACRAMENTO<\/strong> &#8211; Shop Amazon through the saczoo.org website. A portion of proceeds benefits the zoo.<br \/>\n<strong>SAN DIEGO<\/strong>\u00a0 &#8211; Watch new, little elephant, Mila, hold trunks with Elephant Odyssey herd matriarch, Mary at San Diego Zoo.<br \/>\n<strong>SAN FRANCISCO<\/strong> &#8211; Join San Francisco Zoo and go to the &#8220;love our members&#8221; event on Feb. 16, 2014.<br \/>\n<strong>SAN FRANCISCO<\/strong> &#8211; Through February enter the California Academy of Sciences &#8220;Love Life&#8221; photo contest.<br \/>\n<strong>SAN PEDRO<\/strong> &#8211; Buy tickets through Feb. and get Sweetheart Savings for Cabrillo Marine Aquarium&#8217;s Grand Grunion Gala.<br \/>\n<strong>SANTA ANA<\/strong> &#8211; Help pay off the animal carousel by sponsoring a figure at Santa Ana Zoo.<br \/>\n<strong>SANTA ROSA<\/strong> &#8211; Spend a wildly romantic night in the Sonoma Serengeti (at Safari West) in a luxury safari tent under the gaze of a graceful giraffe.<br \/>\n<strong>VALLEJO<\/strong> &#8211; See male dolphin, Valentine, at Six Flags Discovery Kingdom on Valentine&#8217;s weekend when admission is half price if you share the first or last name of any U.S. presidents or first ladies.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Oakland Zoo once again is offering its Valentine&#8217;s &#8221; Animal Amore&#8221; tour on Feb. 15, 2014 at 10:30 a.m. The tour is about animal love and breeding, focusing on animal reproduction&#8211;parents use your judgment on if that topic is suitable for your children. Ways to show your\u00a0animal\u00a0love on Valentine&#8217;s Day! 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